Enamel shingle construction



July 17, 1923. 1,462,212

P. PERcsNYl ENAMEL SHI NGLE CONSTRUCTION Fil'ed Oct. '7, 1922 lll Il gawenl'oz ul fibercsngi @atei-ated .ly 17, 123..

u p sra'ras PATENT PAUL PERCSNYI, 0F EAST PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA.

ENAMEL SHINGLE CONSTRUCTION.

Application filed October 7, 1922. Serial N0. 593,021..

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PAUL PEncsNYi, a citizen of the United States, residin at East Pittsburgh, in the county of Alleg eny and State of Pennsylvania, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Enamel Shingle Constructions, of which the following is a specication.-

This invention relates enerally to shingles used for exterior finish of roofs or walls of buildings, and it has for an object to provide a new and improved shingle of ornamental appearance and great durability, and to rovide also a new method of securing sai shingles in place.

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects and advantages thereof, reference will be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, andA to the appended claims in which the various novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

Fig. 1 of the drawings is a perspective view showing my improved shingles applied to a building.

Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of one of my improved shingles.

Fig. 3 1s a fragmentary perspective view of tfhe covering strip used at the ridgeof a roo Fig. 4 is a fragmentary lan view indicating the m'an'ner of assemb ing or laying my improved shin les.

Fig. 5 is a ransverse vertical section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4. 1

In constructing my improved shingles I use sheet steel which is suitably out to shape and is then enameled. By enameling the shingles they are permanently protected from rust, while at the same time various color efects and designsmay be produced on a building by employing shingles enameled in dierent colors.

Each shingle comprises a sheet 10 of the usual rectangular shape and which may have squared or rounded lower corners as desired, and having its side edges turned in as at 10. Projecting from theunder face of each shingle adjacent the lower edge and midway betweenfthe sides is a downwardly extending hook or tongue 11, while a pair of upwardly extending hooks 12 are projected from the upper face of the shingle adjacent the sides and substantially midway between the top and bottom thereof. The central hooks 11 are of double the width of the side hooks 12 so that one central hook may engage a pair of side hooks.

In laying the shingles an angular strip 15 1s first placed along the ridge of the roof thls strip being provided with inturned anges 16. The hooks 12 of the first rows of shmgles are then engaged with these anges 16 and the succeeding rows of shingles successively pushed up under the preceding rows and engagedI therewith by locking their side hooks 12 over the central hooks 11 of the preceding rows. After the bottom row has been placed in position ametal bar 20 is engaged with the central hooks 11 and secured at suitable points to the roof. The shingles are thus assembled in one interlocked structure.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent of the United States is as follows 1. In a roof, an angular met-al strip extending along the ridge thereof and having inturned hookflanges on its lower edges, a metal bar extending along the lower edge of the roof, shingles arranged in successive rows, means interlocking the vshingles of each row with those of adjacent rows, and the top 'and bottom rows with the said an Vgular metal strip and metal bar respectively.

2. In a roof, .an angular metal strip extending along the ridgeV thereof and having inturned hook-Hanges on its lower edges, a metal bar extending along the lower edge of the roof, shingles arranged in successive Yrows, means interlocking the shingles of each row with those of adjacent rows, and the top and bottom rows with the said angular metal strip and metal 'bar respectively, said means comprising hooks projected from the opposite faces of the shingles.

3. In a roof, an angular metal strap extending along the ridge thereof. and having inturned hook-Hanges on its lower edges, shingles arranged in successive rows, each shingle having a downwardly extended hook on the under face thereof midway between the sides thereof and adjacent the bottom thereof, and a pair of upwardly-extended hooks on the upper face thereof adjacent the sides and midway between the top and lower edge thereof, the side hooks of the first row of shingles being adapted to engage over the said flanges, and the side hooks of succeeding rows of shingles being adapted to engage over the central hooks of immediately preceding rows.

4. In a roof, an angular metal strapeig-.4.

tending along the ridge thereof, and having inturned hook-flanges on its lower edges, shingles arranged in successive rows, each shingle ,having a downwardly extended hook on the under face thereof midway between the sides thereof and 4adjacent the lower edge thereof, and a pair of upwardly extended hooks on the upper face thereof adjacent the sides and mid-way -betweenthe top and bottom thereof, the side hooks of the first row of shingles being adapted to engage over the said flanges, and the side hooks of succeeding rows of shingles being adapted to engage under the central hooks of immediately preceding rows, and a metal bar extending along the roof and under which the central hooks of the bottom row of shingles engage.

In testimony whereof I have aiixed my signature.

PAUL PERCSNYI. 

